Nobody does anything for free, but I’ve always wondered where and how organized are these protest to get so many to show in such little time. And how many of these “protesters” called off sick from their job to attend – PB/TK
Are Dems being paid to show up at town halls? – Tue February 14, 2017
(CNN)Rep. Jason Chaffetz blamed his harsh reception at a recent town hall on “a paid attempt to bully and intimidate.” White House press secretary Sean Spicer called anti-Donald Trump marches and protests “a very paid, AstroTurf-type movement.”
But the protesters say they’re fighting Republicans for free.
As GOP lawmakers prepare for a week of raucous town halls during a late-February congressional recess, some are dismissing the massive crowds, casting them as the efforts of well-funded liberal groups paying protesters to pose as members of a grassroots movement.
They have not offered evidence to support the claim, though — and Democratic organizations say they’re just racing to keep up with what they insist is an organic uprising fueled by opposition to Trump.
At Chaffetz’s event, attendees — mostly progressives — cited a long list of ways they’d heard it was taking place. Some said they’d read it in the Salt Lake Tribune, others via word of mouth. Several said they’d gotten notices from Chaffetz’s office.
Most frequently, attendees pointed to Utah’s chapter of Indivisible, a loosely organized, weeks-old group with hundreds of regional affiliates.
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